The LINX London Internet
Exchange will take advantage of a £50m data centre and
managed-service site being built in central London.
TelecityRedbus is
building the Powergate facility, designed to be one of the
highest-specification data centres in Europe. It will have 25
megawatts of resilient power and approximately 50,000 square feet
of capacity.
The facility is expected to be ready for customers in the second
quarter of 2008. On completion, Powergate will be TelecityRedbus’
eighth data centre in London.
The site will offer an average customer power of approximately 4
kilowatts per rack, well above the current standard, and is
designed to support the expected growth in customer power
demands.
High-density power zones will also be included in the facility,
offering up to 20 kW per rack. TelecityRedbus said the facility
will be supported by “some of the most advanced power and cooling
technology available to
maximise energy efficiency".
The facility will offer connectivity to major telecoms and
network service providers, and it will be connected to
TelecityRedbus’s European data centres by a fibre network.
In addition, the LINX London Internet Exchange will have a live
presence on the site from its launch, offering global peering and
connectivity options for customers.
"The popularity of London as a place to connect internet
networks has helped drive enormous demand for carrier-independent
data centre space," said John Souter, CEO at LINX. "We are
delighted to see TelecityRedbus moving to meet this demand,
allowing us to maintain the aggressive growth we have seen in
London in recent years."
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